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Category Archives: Alpe D’Huez
Alpe d’Huez 2 days before the Tour de France arrives
Took guests on the Traverse d’Oisans and while cycling down Alpe d’Huez took these photos.
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More photos from our end of Week Etape du Tour holiday
More photos from our Tour of the Oisans week covering more of the local cols to Bourg d’Oisans including the Col d’Ornon and Col de Malissol
La Marmotte 2011 Race Photos
I took the following photos while doing La Marmotte 2011 sportive.
La Marmotte Week Bourg d’Oisans
We are half way through our La Marmotte week here and have tackled the Col du Glandon, Col du Télégraphe, Col du Galibier and Alpe d’Huez over the first 3 days of the holiday. Our La Marmotte 2012 holidays are … Continue reading
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Andalucia Cycling, Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, La Marmotte, La Marmotte Entries, Tour de France Climbs, Training Camps
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Andalucian Cycling Holidays, Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Col du Telegraphe, La Marmotte 2012, La Marmotte Entries 2012, La Marmotte Photos
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Quick ride up Oulles before Marmotte guests arrive
Took a quick spin up Oulles today before our near 200 guests arrive for La Marmotte 2011. This year we have hotel accommodation through our new website PolkadotStop, Self catered accommodation through Enjoy Oisans and of course our cycling tour week. … Continue reading
Tour of Oisans – Day 6 – Traverse d’Oisans – Photos
Today took in the ride up to Villard Reculas down Alpe d’Huez and then across to Garde en Oisans and back to Bourg d’Oisans
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Tagged Alpe D'Huez descent, Bourg D'Oisans, Garde en Oisans, Villard Reculas
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Day 5 – Tour of Oisans – Alpe d’Huez Triathlon Route – Photos Col d’Ornon
After day 4s rest day we tackled the Alpe d’Huez Triathlon long route over the Col de la Morte and the Col d’Ornon.
Tour of Oisans – Day 3 – Alpe d’Huez Col de Sarenne – Photos
Today we tackled the final climb in this Years Tour de France, L’Etape du Tour and La Marmotte and Triathlon events Alpe d’Huez and the Col de Sarenne. We set up a mini timetrial up the Alpe with one of our … Continue reading
Son attempts Alpe d’Huez
My 8 year old son woke up yesterday morning saying he wanted to ride up Alpe d’Huez. Now he considers himself more of a downhill mountainbiker so I was a little surprised. Anyway he made a good attemt getting to … Continue reading
More La Marmotte Accommodation and Entries 2011
The organisers of the La Marmotte sportive have just contacted us to let us know that there are still entries available for the 2011 La Marmotte Sportive through their Trophée de l’Oisans package. The package includes La Marmotte, Alpe d’Huez … Continue reading
Cycling Alpe d’Huez in April – Win a Team Sky Kit in 2011
Completed my 34th consecutive month of cycling Alpe d’Huez in a time of 61.52. Some 6 minutes of my best time but not bad for April. The weather did not help either with the last 5 bends being very windy. … Continue reading
2011 More La Marmotte Etape and Triathlon Accommodation
Polkadotstop.com have just secured additional rooms at the Chalet le Camigan hotel in Alpe d’Huez for the following events La Marmotte L’Etape du Tour Modane to Alpe d’Huez Alpe d’Huez Triathlon The hotel is situated in the old part of … Continue reading
Bike Oisans announce extension of their timing service
From May 2011 the tourist office will be running 21 timed accents of the local climbs. All you will need to do is get yourself a timing chip and knock off as many of the climbs as you can. More … Continue reading
April Spring Tours
Come get some early season cycling in with us here in the Oisans. We are running our cycling tours over the first two weeks of April. You can either come for the full week or just for a few days, … Continue reading
33rd consecutive month of cycling up Alpe d’Huez
Completed my March 2011 ride up Alpe d’Huez this week. This is my 33rd consecutive month that I have climbed the 21 bends. Its early spring now in Bourg d’Oisans and there is a distinct lack of snow in Alpe … Continue reading
Tour d’Oisans Jersey
We have our new Tour d’Oisans jersey design back from PROMPT.CC The jersey is free to all people who book a one week long cycling holiday with Tour d’Oisans before 1st March 2011. PROMPT.CC will also be selling them at … Continue reading
L’Etape du Tour Act 1 Accommodation and entry package (new availability)
We have just secured an additional 8 entries with weekend accommodation for the 2011 L’Etape du Tour Modane to Alpe d’Huez. The price for the 3 night stay with entries is 499GBP per person. For more details or to reserve your space … Continue reading
The Tour is Won on the Alpe: Alpe D’Huez and the Classic Battles of the Tour De France
The second of the books that I read whilst in Spain was the “The Tour is Won on the Alpe: Alpe D’Huez and the Classic Battles of the Tour De France“. The book describes each of the Tour de France races … Continue reading
Laurent Fignon – We Were Young and Carefree
Just back from a week in Andalucia cycling and have managed to read a couple of cycling related books. The first one was Laurent Fignon’s We were Young and Carefree. The book is translated from french and the translator has … Continue reading
La Marmotte 2011 Fully Subscribed
We have just had an email from the organisers of La Marmotte that the event itself is now fully subscribed. We do have some package offers available that we secured over the Christmas period. We have 10 entries for the … Continue reading
